NEW YORK: advertecture

NYguy · #1 Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 9:36 PM**

advertecture n. Advertisements painted on the walls of buildings

There has been a lot of talk over the past year or so of New York advertecture, and its limits, or lack of. Either way you look at it, it transforms the urbanscape of the city.

Here are some of my favorites, recent and from the past...

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NYguy · #2 Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 9:41 PM**

Some older favorites...

NYguy · #3 Posted **Apr 22, 2007, 9:47 PM**

NYguy · #4 Posted **May 1, 2007, 12:27 PM**

This was an "outrage" from a year or two ago, the Flatiron covered in head to toe advertisement. It was forced down by the city.

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john_mclark · #5 Posted **May 1, 2007, 6:30 PM**

I think the advertisements adds something unique to the skyline